[ CVE-2026-85542 · Published 25 Sep 2026 ]

Vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection

CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2%No fix listed yet

[ Description ]Official description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is affected by a command injection vulnerability in the GIM bundle import functionality. An authenticated attacker can provide a crafted GIM bundle that causes attacker-controlled arguments to be passed to the tar command, resulting in arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References